When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

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October 26

"The Traditions are neither rules, regulations, nor laws. No sanctions or punishments can be invoked for their infractions. Perhaps in no other area of society would these principles succeed. Yet in this Fellowship of alcoholics, the unenforceable Traditions carry a power greater than that of law."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960

"The Language of the Heart"

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October 27


"It's funny how life is lived forward -- and understood backward."

Vail, Ariz., October 2005

"Living Life Forward,"

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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October 28

"In this life we shall attain nothing like perfect humility and love. So we shall have to settle, respecting most of our problems, for a very gradual progress, punctuated sometimes by heavy setbacks. Our old-time attitudes of 'all or nothing' will have to be abandoned."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1962

"What Is Acceptance?"

The Language of the Heart

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October 29

"No one at the gym, at work, in my neighborhood, or even in church had ever put their hand out to me. In AA, it happened every day."

Trenton, N.J., April 2005

"Falling Apart on the Inside,"

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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October 30

"My perception of any situation is in my control -- I have a choice about which way my mind will react. I try my best to look for positive solutions; I take my problems to my sponsor or I let my friends at a meeting know what is going on inside me."

Pinellas Park, Fla, November 2006

"How the Universe Works,"

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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October 31

"At the end of each day ... I hope that I can say a short prayer of gratitude for another day of sobriety. Anything else good that happens is a bonus."

White Rock, British Columbia, May 2005

"Life--It Happens,"

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety